Titanoboa (/ ˌtaɪtənəˈboʊə /; lit. 'titanic boa') is a genus of extinct giant boid (the family that includes all boas and anacondas) snakes that lived during the middle and late Paleocene.

16 hours ago · About 60 million years ago, long before humans and just after the dinosaurs vanished, a giant snake rose to the top of Earth’s food chain.

Dec 22, 2023 · Titanoboa was a massive snake similar to today's anaconda, but a prehistoric apex predator. Learn where it was located and why it went extinct.

Jul 16, 2025 · Imagine a snake so large it could span the length of a city bus. This isn’t a creature from a horror film, but a real animal that once dominated the Earth. The Titanoboa, a massive serpent that...

Titanoboa, (Titanoboa cerrejonensis), extinct snake that lived during the Paleocene Epoch (66 million to 56 million years ago), considered to be the largest known member of the suborder Serpentes.

Aug 2, 2024 · Long as a school bus, wide as a baseball bat, and heavy as a truck, the Titanoboa (Titanoboa cerrejonensis) was the largest snake ever to slither the earth.

2 days ago · Andrés Alfonso-Rojas has analysed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago, and have remained …

Nov 21, 2025 · What is the Largest Snake in the World that is Extinct? The undisputed title of largest extinct snake belongs to Titanoboa cerrejonensis, a colossal constrictor that dwarfs even the largest …

Jul 19, 2025 · In 2009, researchers unearthed fossil remains of an ancient snake that once slithered through tropical wetlands shortly after the dinosaurs disappeared. Known as Titanoboa …

Aug 22, 2025 · The largest snake ever found is Titanoboa cerrejonensis, an extinct giant boa from the middle to late Paleocene epoch, approximately 58 to 60 million years ago.